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Originally published in 1990, this book contains the full text and
translation of razos and troubadour songs. The coupling of the
razos and songs in this edition is based on the conviction that
though the lyrics should first be read on their own, it is highly
instructive to read the two together, as the razo authors intended.
This allows the reader to attempt to read as a thirteenth-century
contemporary might have.
The materials in "American Land Planning Law "are derived from
decades of experience in teaching planning law at six planning
schools and three law schools. Among the hypotheses included here,
two are clearly vindicated in the reading. The first involves basic
tenets in the approach referred to as "legal realism"--that courts
play a major role in policy formation. A second hypothesis is
implicit in the basic organizational principle of these materials,
that planning problems arise from land use conflicts, and further,
that courts have adopted distinctive policies on these conflicts.
Norman Williams' organizational format is unique. The notes
provided after each case have been omitted, due to a repetition
that would result from what has already been said in the text.
Instead, a list of questions is provided for the student to ponder,
plus occasionally a necessary background, in order to focus
attention on the essential turning point in each case. Williams
also provides a complete list of cross-references to all standard
treatises in the field, for those who wish to explore commentators'
thoughts on the subject.
The scope of these materials provides an exploration of the
substantive problems involved in land use law, and the legal
techniques which have been evolved to deal with them. The
definition of this field of law as embodied in these materials
focuses on urban and suburban planning problems. A quite artificial
distinction between land use law and environmental law has been
observed. This is an essential text containing important land use
cases and should be read by all legal analysts, urban theorists and
planners, and public policymakers.
The materials in "American Land Planning Law "are derived from
decades of experience in teaching planning law at six planning
schools and three law schools. Among the hypotheses included here,
two are clearly vindicated in the reading. The first involves basic
tenets in the approach referred to as "legal realism"--that courts
play a major role in policy formation. A second hypothesis is
implicit in the basic organizational principle of these materials,
that planning problems arise from land use conflicts, and further,
that courts have adopted distinctive policies on these conflicts.
Norman Williams' organizational format is unique. The notes
provided after each case have been omitted, due to a repetition
that would result from what has already been said in the text.
Instead, a list of questions is provided for the student to ponder,
plus occasionally a necessary background, in order to focus
attention on the essential turning point in each case. Williams
also provides a complete list of cross-references to all standard
treatises in the field, for those who wish to explore commentators'
thoughts on the subject.
The scope of these materials provides an exploration of the
substantive problems involved in land use law, and the legal
techniques which have been evolved to deal with them. The
definition of this field of law as embodied in these materials
focuses on urban and suburban planning problems. A quite artificial
distinction between land use law and environmental law has been
observed. This is an essential text containing important land use
cases and should be read by all legal analysts, urban theorists and
planners, and public policymakers.
Originally published in 1990, this book contains the full text and
translation of razos and troubadour songs. The coupling of the
razos and songs in this edition is based on the conviction that
though the lyrics should first be read on their own, it is highly
instructive to read the two together, as the razo authors intended.
This allows the reader to attempt to read as a thirteenth-century
contemporary might have.
With contributions from world-renowned experts in the field, this
book explores developments in the transport kinetics, seasonal
cycling, accumulation, geochemistry, transformation, and toxicology
of arsenic. It details advances in the prevention and control of
arsenic and arsenic compounds in the air, soil, and water and
offers analytical methods for the detection and study of arsenic in
the environment and human body. Providing bioremediation techniques
for effective treatment of contaminated water supplies, the book
discusses factors that influence the removal of arsenic from water
as well as diurnal and seasonal variations in the arsenic
concentration of surface water supplies.
This new book on _Bismarck_ offers a forensic analysis of the
design, operation and loss of Germany's greatest battleship and
draws on survivors' accounts and the authors" combined decades of
experience in naval architecture and command at sea. Their
investigation into every aspect of this battleship has taken
fifty-six years of painstaking research, during which time they
conducted extensive interviews and corresponded with the ship's
designers and the survivors of the battle of the Denmark Strait and
Bismarck's final battle. Albert Schnarke, for instance, the former
gunnery officer of _Tirpitz_, _Bismarck_'s sister ship, aided the
authors greatly by translating and supplying manuscript materials
from those who had participated in the design and operations.
Survivors of _Bismarck_'s engagements contributed to this
comprehensive study including D B H Wildish, RN, damage control
officer aboard HMS _Prince of Wales_, who located photographs of
battle damage to his ship. After the wreck of _Bismarck_ was
discovered in June 1989, the authors served as technical
consultants to Dr Robert Ballard, who led three trips to the site.
Film maker and explorer James Cameron has contributed a chapter,
which gives the reader a comprehensive overview of his deep-sea
explorations on _Bismarck_ and it is illustrated with his team's
remarkable photographs of the wreck. The result of nearly six
decades of research and collaboration, this new work is an
engrossing and encyclopaedic account of the events surrounding one
of the most epic naval battles of World War Two. And _Battleship
Bismarck_ finally resolves some of the major questions around her
career, not least the most profound one of all: Who sank the
_Bismarck,_ the British or the Germans?'
Compared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly
vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability.
Widespread poverty, an extensive disease burden and pockets of
political instability across the continent has resulted in a low
resilience and limited adaptative capacity of African society to
climate related shocks and stresses. To compound this
vulnerability, there remains large knowledge gaps on African
climate, manifestations of future climate change and variability
for the region and the associated problems of climate change
impacts. Research on the subject of African climate change requires
an interdisciplinary approach linking studies of environmental,
political and socio-economic spheres. In this book we use different
case studies on climate change and variability in Africa to
illustrate different approaches to the study of climate change in
Africa from across the spectrum of physical, social and political
sciences. In doing so we attempt to highlight a toolbox of
methodologies (along with their limitations and advantages) that
may be used to further the understanding of the impacts of climate
change in Africa and thus help form the basis for strategies to
negate the negative implications of climate change on society.
CasebookPlus Hardbound - New, hardbound print book includes
lifetime digital access to an eBook, with the ability to highlight
and take notes, and 12-month access to a digital Learning Library
that includes self-assessment quizzes tied to this book, leading
study aids, an outline starter, and Gilbert Law Dictionary.
With contributions from world-renowned experts in the field, this
book explores developments in the transport kinetics, seasonal
cycling, accumulation, geochemistry, transformation, and toxicology
of arsenic. It details advances in the prevention and control of
arsenic and arsenic compounds in the air, soil, and water and
offers analytical methods for the detection and study of arsenic in
the environment and human body. Providing bioremediation techniques
for effective treatment of contaminated water supplies, the book
discusses factors that influence the removal of arsenic from water
as well as diurnal and seasonal variations in the arsenic
concentration of surface water supplies.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is Germany's most celebrated, prolific
and versatile writer. He established a major European reputation
and profoundly influenced his contemporaries and literary
successors, not least among them the British Romantic writers
Coleridge, Scott, and Byron. Goethe's life spanned a long period of
profound change in German and European history. This book, by the
author of a critically acclaimed study of Goethe's Faust, sets
Goethe's creative work in the context of his biography and of the
literary and political movements of his time. It contains chapters
on his life, his poetry, drama, prose and verse narratives, and on
his scientific work. It is a study not only of his major works, but
also of his less well known literary output: epigrams, aphorisms,
satires, libretti, masquerades, dramatic and narrative fragments.
John R. Williams gives an account of Goethe's wide range of public
activities as a minister of the Duchy of Sachsen-Weimar, his
relations with the leading figures of the day, his influence on
contemporary culture, and his personal and literary reactions to
historical events of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries, from the ancien regime to the French Revolution, from
the Napoleonic invasion of Germany to the defeat of Napoleon, from
the Congress of Vienna to the July Revolution of 1830, from the
declining years of the Holy Roman Empire to the beginnings of the
Industrial Revolution in Germany. Goethe's life and work are
introduced and explained to the student of literature and to the
interested general reader. Williams reveals his subject in all the
great variety of his character, his occasionally scurrilous humour
and exuberance, his characteristic ironic ambivalence, and his
sometimes flawed wisdom and humanity. Catering for the specialist
in German literature and for the non-German reader, The Life of
Goethe offers English translations of all quotations given in the
text. An extensive bibliography details a wide selection of
Goethe's works in English translation.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is Germany's most celebrated, prolific
and versatile writer. He established a major European reputation
and profoundly influenced his contemporaries and literary
successors, not least among them the British Romantic writers
Coleridge, Scott, and Byron. Goethe's life spanned a long period of
profound change in German and European history. This book, by the
author of a critically acclaimed study of Goethe's "Faust," sets
Goethe's creative work in the context of his biography and of the
literary and political movements of his time. It contains chapters
on his life, his poetry, drama, prose and verse narratives, and on
his scientific work. It is a study not only of his major works, but
also of his less well known literary output: epigrams, aphorisms,
satires, libretti, masquerades, dramatic and narrative
fragments.
John R. Williams gives an account of Goethe's wide range of
public activities as a minister of the Duchy of Sachsen-Weimar, his
relations with the leading figures of the day, his influence on
contemporary culture, and his personal and literary reactions to
historical events of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries, from the "ancien regime" to the French Revolution, from
the Napoleonic invasion of Germany to the defeat of Napoleon, from
the Congress of Vienna to the July Revolution of 1830, from the
declining years of the Holy Roman Empire to the beginnings of the
Industrial Revolution in Germany. Goethe's life and work are
introduced and explained to the student of literature and to the
interested general reader. Williams reveals his subject in all the
great variety of his character, his occasionally scurrilous humour
and exuberance, his characteristic ironic ambivalence, and his
sometimes flawed wisdom and humanity.
Catering for the specialist in German literature and for the
non-German reader, "The Life of Goethe" offers English translations
of all quotations given in the text. An extensive bibliography
details a wide selection of Goethe's works in English
translation.
This classic casebook has been thoroughly updated for
2020-retaining what has made it a favorite for decades while also
remaining current and user-friendly. As ever, it contains
lightly-edited cases with extensive explanatory notes, thereby
teaching students how to read cases while learning doctrine. Some
notes are historical and comparative, giving students a more
nuanced understanding than can be obtained from simply studying
current law. The book is accessible without sacrificing interest
and complexity, providing a sophisticated understanding of civil
procedure and the federal system. The book also remains adaptable
to courses of different length and emphasis, and teaching the
material in the instructor's preferred order. The twelfth edition
has been thoroughly updated with extensive new material on personal
jurisdiction, multidistrict litigation, the amended discovery rules
(with a new exercise), and mandatory arbitration.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Battleship Bismarck is a marine forensics analysis and engineering
study of the design, operation, and loss of Germany's greatest
battleship, drawing on survivors' accounts and the authors'
combined decades of experience in naval architecture and command at
sea. The investigation has covered fifty-six years of painstaking
research, during which the authors conducted extensive interviews
and correspondence with the ship's designers and survivors of the
Battle of Denmark Strait and Bismarck's final battle. Albert
Schnarke, former gunnery officer of DKM Tirpitz, sister ship of
Bismarck, aided greatly by translating and circulating early
manuscript materials to those who participated in the design and
operation. Survivors of Bismarck's engagements actively contributed
to this comprehensive study, including Vice Admiral (then
Lieutenant) D.B.H Wildish (RN), damage control officer aboard HMS
Prince of Wales, who located photographs of battle damage to his
ship.After the wreck of the Bismarck was discovered in June 1989,
the authors served as technical consultants to Dr. Robert Ballard,
who led three trips to the site. Filmmaker and explorer James
Cameron contributed a chapter of his comprehensive overview of his
deep-sea explorations of Bismarck, illustrated with his team's
remarkable photographs of the shipwreck. The result of these nearly
six decades of research and collaboration is an engrossing and
encyclopedic account of the events surrounding one of the most epic
naval battles of World War II. Battleship Bismarck has finally
resolved some of the major questions such as, Who sank the
Bismarck, the British or the Germans?
This book introduces the readers to the rapidly growing literature
and latest results on financial, fundamental and seasonal
anomalies, stock selection modeling and portfolio management. Fifty
years ago, finance professors taught the Efficient Markets
Hypothesis which states that the average investor could not
outperform the stock market based on technical, seasonal and
fundamental data. Many, if not most faculty and investors, no
longer share that opinion. In this book, the authors report
original empirical evidence that applied investment research can
produce statistically significant stock selection and excess
portfolio returns in the US, and larger excess returns in
international and emerging markets.
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